On Oct 13, 2009, at 12:06 PM, David Mathog wrote:
> A sprinkler leak in a computer room is bad, but just imagine the
> damage
> that seawater would do. Even a fine mist would be dreadful, as it
> would
> be sucked through the cases and the droplets would either short things
> out immediately, or lead inevitably to corroded metal throughout the
> machine.
It is worse than that. You are in a 100% humidity environment. The
seawater is cooler than the air temp, so you get condensation
everywhere below deck or anywhere the chilled water pipes run.
Scott
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